Mine Index 2352 Braceville Coal Company, Braceville No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2352

Company Name:	Braceville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braceville No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	150
Acres after map date:	180	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Grundy

32N 8E

14

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Grundy

32N 8E

14

NW NW SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Colchester

112

3.0-3.25

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 6 (add)	1903-1908	443,193

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 6 (add)	1908-1910	513,723 Production after map date

Total Production: 956,916

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351474

4-1908

1:1200

1:2483

Not final

Mine notes (sketch map)

1907 The mine notes are undated, but the sketch map is from a 1907 survey.

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location, mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 351474, reel 03136, frame 220 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.